George played in 1940 and 1941 for the Hamilton Red Wings in the Class D PONY League. In 1942 while with the Asheville Tourists in the Class B Piedmont League he got his draft notice and was allowed to finish the season and then was inducted into the Army Signal Corps which was later part of the Army Air Force. He received his training at Drew Field, FL where he played baseball while attending radar school. He was then sent to the Pacific where he was at Okinawa. He was discharged from the service in March 1946.